[Richmond: Augustine Davis, 1800]. [2]pp., a large broadsheet, printed in two columns on both sides. Old fold lines, with small separation at the center cross- fold. Light dampstaining at bottom edge, else very good. In a half morocco slipcase. A rare printing of the Virginia Assembly's instructions to the state's... More

Lexington, Ky. 1836. 23pp. Dbd. Chipping to fore-edge of first leaf, toned and somewhat brittle overall. Good. A rare address on George Washington and the American character delivered in Lexington in 1836. OCLC records only three copies, at the Huntington Library, the Filson Historical Society, and the University of Kentucky.More

London: Robert Havell, Jr., 1837. Handcolored engraving with aquatint and etching by Robert Havell, Jr., on J. Whatman paper with the "Turkey Mill" watermark. Sheet size 25 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches. From the first edition of THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, plate CCCLXXI (371). Very good condition. One of Audubon's... More

New York. 1926. 349pp. Mezzotint portrait by Cruikshank. Original cloth. Bookplate removed from front pastedown, else clean and very good. This is one of forty-two special large paper copies with a 19th-century mezzotint portrait of Audubon by Cruikshank inserted as the frontispiece. The most convenient sampler of Audubon's writing, combining... More

London. 1926. 349pp. Portrait. Cloth. Slight shelf wear. Bookplate to verso of front free endpaper. Very good. The most convenient sampler of Audubon's writing, combining episodes from his various writings, with many scenes set in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.More

New York. 1926. 349pp. Portrait. Cloth. Slightest shelf wear. Very good. The most convenient sampler of Audubon's writing, combining episodes from his various writings, with many scenes set in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.More

Edinburgh: Adam Black, 1831-1835. Various paginations. Modern three-quarter brown morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Light shelf wear. Bookplate on front pastedown. Some unobtrusive ink underlining on titlepage. Minor foxing and age-toning. Very good. These extracts from ORNITHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY pull together in one volume all sixty of the short travel... More

Edinburgh. 1831-1839. Five volumes. A few in-text illustrations. Half title in each volume. Large, thick octavos. Modern buckram, printed paper labels. Bookplate on front pastedowns. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage. Some light foxing, primarily to first and last few leaves. Tear in half title of second volume, repaired with tape... More

New York. 1837. 24pp. Later three quarter calf and boards, rebacked. Some foxing. Good. This is the third edition listed in Howes, after the first of 1835. A melancholy tale, as the title indicates. The titlepage vignette depicts a forlorn Baldwin sitting outside his hut, wrapped in a blanket.More

Lexington, Ky. 1843. 16pp. Original printed wrappers, rear wrapper lacking. Front wrapper chipped and toned. Institutional stamp on first text leaf, minor foxing. Good. A rare lecture on "the Love of the Beautiful" delivered to the Lexington Lyceum in 1843 by a Lexington doctor. Rare, with only seven copies recorded in OCLC.More

1936. 486pp. Library cloth. Very good. This is a typescript, complete with revision marks, of this unpublished mansucript on the life of one of America's most colorful historical figures. Contains reproductions of some primary sources.More

New York: The Dibdin Club, 1901. ix,32pp. plus several interleaved blank leaves, presumably for note-taking. Original boards, expertly rebacked in contemporary style, original spine label preserved. Somewhat tanned as usual. Very good. A useful, annotated bibliography, after the style utilized by Thomas Field in his Indian bibliography.More

Pittsburgh. 1814. 304pp. Modern calf, spine gilt, leather label. Contemporary ownership inscription and later blindstamp on titlepage. Very minor toning and foxing. Very good plus. Brackenridge left St. Charles, Missouri in the spring of 1811 in company with fur trader Manuel Lisa. His journal describes his trip up the Missouri... More

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1932. [16],205,[6]pp. Folding map of Kentucky. Original pictorial boards, paper label. Minor scattered foxing. Untrimmed. Very good. John Bradford's NOTES ON KENTUCKY, first appeared in the KENTUCKY GAZETTE, published in Lexington beginning on Aug. 25, 1826 and then in the extremely rare WESTERN MISCELLANY (Xenia... More

Stuttgart. 1854. Two volumes. [6],390; [6],381pp. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels. Light scattered foxing. Very good. An important travel narrative by a learned German who was keenly interested in American customs, religions, politics, and folklore. The author's training in theology explains his interest in American... More

Paducah, Ky. [nd, ca. 1885]. 52pp., each one illustrating a different carriage. Oblong 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Very light edgewear to wrappers, else fine. A lovely trade catalogue for this Kentucky-based carriage manufacturer. Each page carries an illustration of a different carriage, a few of which show amusing little elves... More

Louisville, Ky. 1852. 255,35pp. Antique-style half calf. Folding frontispiece map. Scattered foxing and light staining. Darker persistent stain in bottom portion of second half of text. Good. A detailed history from colonial times to date of publication, with much on the government, institutions, and resources. The map depicts Louisville and environs.More

Columbus, Oh. 1842. 192pp. Original half cloth. Hinges cracked. Stained and foxed. Near good. Champlin was no more than twenty-one years old when he published this autobiography. He had already been licensed as a "public exhorter" in the Methodist church, and his work is full of religious admonitions and warnings... More

Paris. 1837. [4],xvi,439; [4]504pp. plus folding map. Two volumes. Contemporary red half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. Corners rubbed. Unopened. Near fine. Fourth edition, augmented and corrected. Chevalier, later a well known economist, went to America to study public works for the French government. He spent two years in... More

Boston: Weeks, Jordan and Company, 1839. iv,467,[1]pp. Original cloth, stamped in blind, gilt title on spine. Spine ends a bit chipped, small gouge in front cover. Scattered foxing. Withal, just about very good. First American edition, translated from the third Paris edition of the previous year. Chevalier, later a well-... More